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JVational Constitution 
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Dame^ of 1846 

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M'R^. MOOn^B M\/'RT>OCK. 

Founder and Organizer 



A Patriotic aud Benevolent Organization in honor of 
the Soldiers of the War with Mexico. Founded 
in the City of Fort Worth, State of Texas, June 
the 5th, 1901, by the unanimous consent of the 
Texas Division of the Mexican War Veteran. 

AS.SOCIATION. 



"Ppeamfele and Fv]entori(aI. 

To the Texas Division of the Veterans of the Mexican War 
—Greeting: 

Peeling the deepest veneration and patriotism 
for every notable epoch of American history, we do 
nut place that of the Mexican War amongst the least, 
in its importance and results As the mothers, 
wives and daughters of the warriors of 1846, we 
believe that the time is over-ripe for us to commemo- 
rate the bravery and [devotion of those men who 
repelled the invader and made the proud boast of 
the conquerors of San Jacinto a declaration to pos- 
terity that the broad empire of Texas was founded 
upon a stable basis. 

The notable men and women of our early colo- 
nies have had their fortitude and heroism immor- 
talized by the women who trace their ancestry to 
gallant bands of pioneers in a New World. The 
sublime thundersof the Declaration of Independence 
find to-day an echo in the song of an army of women 
s;reater in numbers than the ihin legions that their 
indomitable ancestorsopposed to an implacable and 
remoi'seless tyranny. 

But the most sacred I'ecord to the Southern 
heart, is that greatest one when neighbors having 
lound argument vain, the seried ranks of Northern 
and Southern giants faced each other upon the 
bloodiest field that ever marked the conflicts of a 
world. As the 'Daughters of the Confederacy," the 
women of the South are correcting history, mould- 
ing opinions, demanding justice, educating youth, 
and rearing monuments to the men who lived and 
died for a cause that is Invincible. 

Last, but not least, the grand old Republic of 
Texas has its company of illustrious women who 
perpetuate the memories of the massacre of Alamo. 
Goliad and the victory of San Jacinto. How many 
of our Texas women, members of the "Daughters of 
the Republic" and "Daughters of the Confed- 
eracy" ever refer to the precarious place in history 
that the cause around which centers their devotion 
would have occupied if the veterans of 1846 had not 
marched upon tbe encroaching Mexican foe. Sup- 
pose a feeble arm, a half-hearted resistance had 
opposed the invader,— what had been the fate of 
Texas, New Mexico and California? To the War 



with Mexico we owe our supreme liberation from all 
present aud future lears of our neighbors across the 
Rio Grande. That the grand survivors of that most 
conclusive trial of strength and endurance are pass- 
ing rapidly to tlie sweet, fields of perpetual peace, 
"unhonored and unsung" by their matrons and 
maids, is a fact thatimpressesitself uponourhearts. 
Year after year we see the depleted ranks of the 
Mexican War Association tile "into our hospitable 
cities to receive our plaudits and heart-felt wel- 
comes, many, alas, for the last time. Ah! women 
of 1846, we have waited too long to crown the vic- 
tors of that war. 

In this we memoralize the remnantof that noble 
army that comprised the flower of our land, of our 
Southland especially, to permit us under their ven- 
erable hand and seal to publicly declare ourselves 
their heirs and successors. 

We appeal U> them out of the generosity of their 
great hearts to give us assurance of their forgiveness 
of our retnissm-.>*s in the past by permitting us to 
band ourselves together under the title of "Dames 
of 1846, to glorify ttieir heroic deeds, to crown with 
honor their rnmiiining days, to perpetuate their 
fame to posterity in monuments to the dead and 
devotion to their descendants. 

Mrs. Moore Murdock 
Mrs Ella Moore Kirtley 
Mrs D Murdock Lewis 
Miss Buford Kirtley 
Miss Marguerite Kirtley 

President Finlay and Abe Harris made 
appropriate remarks on the propo.sed work 
of Mrs. Murdock, and paid her the compli- 
ment of being the first woman in Texas to 
undertake such a movement. The widows, 
children and all descendants of the Mexican 
war veterans will be eligible to membership. 
Mrs. Murdock stated that she would begin 
the work of organization at once. She was 
unanimously elected an honorary member of 
the Mexican War Veterans' Association. 



Officers of tHe Texas Division of ttie 

MEXICAN WAR VETERANS ASSN. 

Who Endorsed tue Organization of tlie 

'Darner of 184-6 



Commandant 

Col. George P. Finlay, Gralveston, Texas 

Vice-Comtnandant 

Col. Wm. E. Estes, Texarkana, Texas 

Secretary 

Capt. a. J. Nave, Columbus, Texas 

Treasurer 

Mr. a. C. Hereford, Moulton, Texas 

burgeon 

Dr. J. A. Anthony, Terrell, Texas 

Committee 

from Mexican War Veterans Association, 
Division of Texas, to investigate and ap- 
prove the object and organization of the 

DAMES OF 1846 

Col. Abe Harris, Fort Worth, Texas, Chm. 
Dr. a. J. Anthony, Terrell, Texas 
Levi C. Bishop, Fort Worth, Texas 



OKicers of tiie Ndtiondi Association of 

Mejcican War Veterans. 



President— J. C. Carlton, Bedford Indiana. 

Secretary— Mrs. Moore Murdock, 

Fort Worth, Texas. 

Treasurer— IikRoy Wiley, Paris, Illinois. 

Vice- Presiden ts 

S. p. Tufts, Centralia, 111. 
H. T. Ogden, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
W. S. McChesney, Lexington, Ky. 
LeRoy Wiley, Paris, 111. 

C. P. Sargent, Bellwood, Pa. 

Wm. M. Stewart, Gallatin, Tenn. 
Geo. T. Barney, Elkhart, Ind. 

S. E. Chamberlain, Barre, Ma^^s. 
S. J. F. Ruter, Los Angeles, Cal. 
Wm. Boone Majors, Odessa, Mo. 




Honorary JVattonal Commandants 
l>ame^ of 184-6 



Mesdaiiies Jefferson Davis, Mississippi 
Ulyssus S. Grant, Wasiiington, D. C. 
Phil. Kearney, Washington, D. C. 
John A. Logan, Washington, D. C. 
Letitia Tyler Semple, ^ ashington, D. C 
James Longstreet, Washington, D. C. 
Wm. B. Bate, Washington, D. C. 
Jolm C. Freemont, California 
Albert Sidney Johnston, California 
Clarence Mackey, California 
John A. Wood, Kansas 
A. E. Campbell, Kansas 
Daniel H. Hill, North Carolina 
Stonewall Jackson, North Carolina 
Wm. H. Polk, North Carolina 
Katherine E. Cobb, North Carolina 
Orren Randolph Smith, North Carolina 
Elizabeth E. Partin, North Carolina 
Braxton Bragg, Louisiana 
J. D. Kirkland, Louisiana 
Bettie Taylor Dandrige, Virginia 
Geo. C. McClelland, Pennsylvania 
Kate Arnold Parker, Mississippi 
Rosalie Quitman Duncan, Mississippi 
Antonia Quitman Lovell, Mississippi 
Lamar Fontaiu, Mississippi 



Mesdames Isabel A. Hobgood, Missouri 
Minerva Peacock, Missouri 
Aurelia D. McCarty, Oklahoma 
Nancy Ross Ogden, Ohio 
S. C. Lavalette, Pennsylvania 
Mary A. Nixon George, Pennsylvania 
Francis J. Keffer, Pennsylvania 
John C. F. Sargent, Pennsylvania 
W. C. Haines, Pennsylvania 
W. S. McChesney, Kentucky 
John H. McBrayer, Kentucky 
Wm. F. Bond, Kentucky 
Mary Rogers Clay, Kentucky 
Admiral Semmes, Kentucky 
Calvin B. Fowlkes, Tennessee 
H. C. Seesell, Tennessee 
Louis J. Beeler, Maryland 
Leroy Wiley, Illinois 
S. P. Tufts, Illinois 
J. Freeter, Illinois 
James F. Harney, Indiana 
Henry H. Lane, Indiana 
Lew Wallace, Indiana 
James B. Mulkey, Indiana 
J. M. Parkhurst, Indiana 
Sarah Ferry Purcell, Indiana 
Louise Haygood Pettitt, Indiana 
Jennie A. Callahan, Indiana 
William W. Lowe, Indiana 
Sophronia M«)nroe Landers, Indiana 



Countess Telfener, Germany 

Princess Colona, Italy 

Madame Emile Assenmarcher, Belgium 



James Buckner Barry 
E<imund J. Davis 
B. F. Draper 
Matilda Bagg-ett 
Margaret A. Freeman 
J. Lynch 



Geo. P. Finlay 

Clementina Millett 

Frank R. Lubbock 

William Bohls 

Nancy Nave 

S. Elizabeth Wills 

Epsey Moore Millette J. T. Phillips 

Mary E. Boyd Ida Cook 

Mary B. White A. P. McCune 

E. A, Kirk Louisa V. Clough 

Emily D. Dashiel W. W. Dunn 

Dudley Portwood Dollie A. Smith 

Elizabeth E.Reinhard J. C. Anglin 

Elizabeth Hahn Minna Krause 

Anna Lezendecker John Hasted 



Lena Perry 

Sallie Lott^ 

Alice E.. Bishop 

Sophronia Beverlj' 

Ben Willis 

V. R. Burnam 

William E. Estes 

Gary A. Forbes 

Maria L. Hopkins 

Grace M. Griffith 

J. B. Harris 

E. L. Estes 

Susanna 0. Rankin 

Mary Stephenson Kirksey Nichols 

Missouri Francis Morton 



Bet tie Griffin 
C'ary N. Styles 
Mary H. Latimer 
Mary Fauntleroy 
Mary E. Earp 
Nicholas Ferguson 
E'. C. Russell 
C. H. Rucker' 
Mary Saunders^ 
Eliza Young 
Mary Ann Harper" 
Eliza Young 
Mary E. Fleming 



CONSTITUTION. 
ARTICLE I. 

NAME AND MEMBERSHIP. 

Section 2. The name of this org:ani nation 
shall be the Dames of 1846. 

Sec. 2 All persons duly qualified, who 
have been admitted by the National Board 
of Management, shall be members of the 
National (►rganization, but, for the purposes 
and convenience, they may be organized 
into local Camps, as hereinafter provided. 

ARTICLE II. 

OBJECTS OF THE ORGANIZATION. 

To perpetuate the memory, the sacrifices 
and the indomitable courage and valor of 
the men who, without regard to section, 
politics or social condition, responded to the 
call to arms in 1846, and by the most bril- 
liant achievements of modern warfare in 
two years swept the foe from our southern 
borders, establishing an everlasting bound- 
ary line between the United States and 



Mexico, and gave to the couiuiou wealth a 
greater extent of territory than was ever 
before acquired b.v force of arms. To pro- 
cure the right to protect and make National 
property historical spots christened by that 
war within the limits of the United States. 
To erect monuments to the gallant dead: 
homes for their widows and orphans, and 
libraries—which by their dedication and con- 
tents shall educate American youth upon this 
hitherto neglected epoch of American history. 

ARTICLE III. 

ELIGIBILITY. 

Section 1. Any woman may be eligible 
for active membership who is of the age of 
eighteen years, and who is a lineal descend- 
ant of an authenticated soldier of the Mexi- 
can war. Mothers, wives and widows of 
such soldiers shall be eligible to Charter 
membership, and exempt from dues and 
obligatory attendance at business meetings 
of the Camps; such women to be reverenced 
by us and denominated as the Mothers of 
the Dames of 1846. 

Sec. 2. Every applicant for membership 
must be endorsed by one or more members of 
the National Camp, or the Local Camp when 
established, the application to be filed in a 
prescribed form, and copies sent to the 

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National Registrar and spread upon tho local 
records of the Camp. 

Sec. 3. Auj' woman a collateral descond- 
H?it of an officer of historical renown, for 
t^^allantry or bravery in tlie Mexican war, 
sliall be eligible to this organization. Only 
the heroes whose e^rploits have been deemed 
worthy of the pages of National history, can 
(confer this high privilege on their female 
relatives. 

Sec. 4. All persons whose applications 
ar<^ approved on or before the 1st of Octo- 
))er. 1901, shall be Charter members of the 
National K ncampnient. 

ARTICLE IV. 

OFFICERS. 

Section 1. ?]ach Camp shall have the 
following officers: Commandant, three Vice- 
Commandants, one Recording Secretary, 
one Corresponding Secretary, one Treasurer, 
(me Registrar, one Historian, one Sergeant- 
at-Arms. These officers shall be elected by 
ballot by a vote of the majority of the mem- 
bers present, at each annual meeting. 

(Amended June 2, 1903.) 

ARTICLE V. 

NAMES AND ORDER OF SUCCESSION OF rAMPvS. 

Commencing with "Palo Alto," the Char- 
ter Camp of tlie United States each new Camp 
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as organized must tnke the naiii^of tlu- 
battle next foug-ht— and so on, in 
direct succession. Each Camp must choose 
as sponsor a Mexican soldier, dead or alive— 
and observe his birthday as a memorial day 
of the Camp, second only in importance to 
the anniversary of the battle they commemo- 
rate. Palo Alto has chosen Gen. Zachary 
Taylor its immortal sponsor, his birthday 
and the 8th of May to be National niemorial 
days, all Camps observing them in connec- 
tion with their local anniversaries. 



BY-LAWS, 
ARTICLE I. 

NATIONAL ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT 

Section 1. The National Encampment 
shall be held where the vote of the Encamp- 
ment shall elect, and upon such day or days 
as shall be determined upon by a two-thirds 
majority of the delegates present. At this 
National Encampment the Report of the 
Board of Management shall be considered. 

(Amended June 2, 1902') 

Sec. 2. All the officers of the National 
Encampment shall be elected by ballot, and 
such business transacted as the good of the 
organization may require. 

Sec. 3. All honorary and ex-officers of 
the National Encampment may attend all 
meetings of the same and participate in its 
deliberations, but are>ot entitled to a vote. 

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ARTICLE 11. 

NATIONAL BOARD OF MANAGEMENT. 

Section 1. The National Board of Mana- 
gement shall be composed of the active 
officers of the National Encampment, the 
State Commandants and such other dele- 
gates as may be deemed a local necessity. 

Sec. 2. The Board of Management shall 
have full power to manage the business of 
the Organization, to enact By-Laws, pre- 
scribe rules and regulations for the guidance 
of the officers of the Organization, and ap- 
prove all applications for membership. 

Sec. 3. The National Commandant shall 
have full power to approve or reject the rul- 
ings of the Board in her absence, to fill va- 
cancies in offices until the next regular elec- 
tion, and to do all things for the general 
good of the Organization. Final appeals 
may be made to her, collectively or individu- 
ally, and her decision shall be legal and 
binding. 

ARTICLE III. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

At all business meetings, National, State 
or local, the following order of business 
shall be observed; 1. Invocation by the 
Commandant. 2. Reading of minutes of 



previous iDef'ting' and their approval. 4. 
Report of iSeleet Committees. 5. Unfinished 
tnisiriess. 6. New business. 7. Miscel- 
laneous business. 8. Benediction . and ad- 
journment. 

ARTICLE IV. 

DISCIPLINE. 

Any member conducting herself, either al 
the meetings of the Camp or elsewhere, in a 
way calculated to disturb the harmony of 
the organization, or to impair its good name 
or prosperity, or to injure the reputation of 
any member thereof, may, upon thorough 
investigation, be reprimanded, suspended or 
expelled— as the National Board of Manage- 
ment shall decide. 

ARTICLE V. 

TIME AND PLACE OF MEETING. 

It should be the endeavor of each Camp to 
own and control its headquarters. That 
being definitely settled, due prominence 
should be given through the public press as 
to its locality: and such care and adornment 
of the premises should be exercised that at 
all times the headquarters should be in an 
orderly and inviting condition. "Palo Alto'' 
has chosen the first Wednesday of the month 
as the day and hour of meeting. This is the 



l)usiuess meeting, and unless urgent busi- 
ness comes up before the Camp, no other 
meetings during the month can be called for 
business. Upon the day selected, all busi- 
ness accumulated since the previous meet- 
ing must be transacted, unfinished business 
from the previous meeting taking precedure. 
No meeting for business purposes can be 
called except by the Commandant; should 
she be absent, the next highest officer can 
conduct the meeting — but the Commandant 
alone has power to set an irregular day for 
business meetings, or to call the next regu- 
lar meeting. When the Commandant is 
absent from a business meeting, the Record- 
ing Secretary must give her due notice of 
the business transacted, and the minutes 
held in abeyance until approved by the Com- 
mandant. The Commandant should call her 
meetings through the Press, at least twice 
before each monthly meeting. 

ARTICLE VI. 

NATIONAL COMMANDANT. 

Section 1. The National Commandant, 
in addition to her general duties, shall be ex- 
officio chairman of the National Board of 
Management and of the Executive committee, 
and a member of every other committee. 



Sec. 2. At each jMiiiual meeting she shall 
appoint the following- standing committee: 
Finance connuittee, Auditing committee, 
Printing committee, Mexican War Relics 
committee. The duties of these committees 
shall be such as usually pertain to com- 
mittees of like character, and such as may 
be defined by the Board of Management. 

ARTICLE VII. 

VICE NATIONAL COMMANDANTS, AND ALL 
OTHER OFFICERS, STATE AND NATIONAL- 
SECTION 1. In the absence of the National 
Commandant from any session of the Nation- 
al Encampment, or from a meeting of the 
National Board of Management, one of the 
Vice-Commandants shall be elected to pre- 
side.! 

Sec. 2. In the prolonged absence or in- 
ability of the National Commandant to act, 
the executive authority shall be vested in 
the Vice National Commandant, who ma> 
be selected by the Board of Management for 
that purpose. 

Sec 3. The National Recording Secre- 
tary shall keep a record of all meetings of 
the National Encampment, the Board of 
Management and the Executive committee ; 
have charge of the seal; give due notice of 
all meetings of the National Encampment 



and other iruportfiiit raeotings; ly'we due 
notice to ail general officers of Camps of ail 
votes, orders and proceedings ai^ectiiig or 
appertaining to their duties, and generally 
perform such acts as pertain to her office. 

Sec. 4. The Corresponding Secretary 
shall attend to all correspondence of the Or- 
ganization and Board of Management; dis- 
tribute all pamphlets, circulars, rosettes, 
supplies and directions, as decided by the 
National Board of Management. 

Sec. 5. The National Treasurer shall 
collect and receive the funds of the National 
Organization. She shall deposit the same in 
some bank selected for the purpose, to the 
credit of the Dames of 1840, and shall draw 
from thence for all uses as directed by the 
Executive Board upon the order of the Na- 
tional Commandant, countersigned by the 
National Recording Secretary. Her ac- 
counts shall be audited by a committee ap- 
pointed at the annual Piucampment. She 
shall, if so required by the Board of Manage- 
ment or the Executive committee, give bond 
for the safe custody of the funds. 

Sec. C. The National Registrar shall keep 
a register of the names and date of elections, 
resignation or death of all members of 
Camps; and shall have the care and custody 
of all applications for membership, dupli- 

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cateri of wliich, proijcrly approved by tho 
National officers, shall be retained by the 
Registrars of Oamps. The National Regis- 
trar shall examine all applications for men)- 
bwrship and approve the same if correct; if 
not, she shall return same for correction, 
pointing out the defects. She shall report 
all applications to the National Board of 
Management for final action. 

Sec. 7. The National Historian shall have 
the custody of all historical and biographical 
collections of which the National Organiza- 
tion may become possessed, and shall place 
the same in a fire-proof repository. She 
shall prepare for ofiicial publication histori- 
cal and biographical sketches of the Mexican 
War, ancestors of members, and of distin- 
guished women connected with that war. 

Sec. 8. The Sergeant-at-Arms shall keep 
the key of the Camp assembly rooms, admit 
eligible members and invited guests, seat 
the same in designated places of honor, pre- 
serve order, distribute literature, remain un- 
til the room is vacated, collect and deposit 
in places of safety articles of value left in 
the room, and be generally responsible for 
the care and custody of Camp property not 
otherwise provided for. She shall have 
power, in time of large assemblies, to select 

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and appoint such assistance as she may deem 
necessary to insure the order and dignity of 
the organization. 

Sec. 9. All the above rules and obliga- 
tions pertain in relative manner to each and 
every officer of the State or local Camps, 
such amendments or restrictions as may be 
voted necessary for local environments. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

INITIATION, DUES AND LIABILITIES. 

Section 1. The initiation fee of the Na- 
tional Encampment is (50) cents, to be paid 
on or before the 8th day of May, following- 
charter. 

Sec. 2. The local annual dues are fifty 
(50) cents, and (10) cents additional to the 
National Treasury, and (10) cents additional 
to the State Treasury. 

ARTICLE IX. 

amendments. 

Amendments to this Constitution and By- 
Laws may be offered at anj'^ meeting of the 
Board of Management, but shall not be 
acted upon until the next meeting thereof. 
If approved by amajority of the Board, a 
copy theieof shall be sent the Commandant 
and Secretary of every Cami), and to each 
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State Commandant, at least thirty days prior 
to the meetings of the National Encamp- 
ments. Adopted by a majority of the En- 
campment, such amendments shall be in 
full force thereafter. 

AETICLE X. 

CHARTERS. 

Section 1. When eight eligible women 
shall be living in one locality, they may, 
after formal authorization by the National 
Commandant or Board of Managers, orga- 
nize a Camp. They may elect a presiding 
officer whose title will be Commandant, and 
who by virtue of her office shall be a dele- 
gate to the State and National Encampments. 

Sec. 2. After the Camp has been estab- 
lished, all applications for memberships must 
be passed upon by the Local Board, and 
upon the approval of the Board, the applica- 
tion shall receive the endorsement of the 
Commandant, the Recording Secretary and 
Registrar,- and be forwarded to the National 
Board of Management for final action. 

Sec. 3. The Local Camp may enact By- 
Laws, for their own government, in harmony 
with the National Constitution, 

ARTICLE XL 

TERMS OF LOCAL MEMBERSHIP. 

Any woman having proven her eligibility 
for membership, and having been accepted 



and enrolled upon the roster of a local Camp 
shall forever after be a member of that Camp; 
should she remove to another locality, she 
may upon application to the National Board 
of Management, obtain a transfer permitting 
her to affiliate with the business and social 
life of the nearest Camp in her vicinity; but 
her vote upon State or National matters, if 
entitled to one, must be cast with her charter 
Camp; annual, State, and National dues 
must be paid into the treasury of her charter 
Camp — her loyalty, devotion and support 
given to it for life, and her memorial ser- 
vices conducted under the aiispices of the 
same. She is not barred from giving her 
enthusiastic services and encouragement, 
and any and all gifts, pecuniary or otherwise 
to ihe Camp of her adoption, but her obli- 
gations to the Camp that enrolled her shall 
end only in her death. 

ARTICLE XII. 

CAlklPS. 

(1) Notify the National Corresponding 
Secretary of the election and appointment 
of all officers and delegates. 

(2) Pay to the National Treasurer, on or 
before the 8th day of May, the sum of ten 
cents for each active member thereof, for 
National dues. 



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(3) Pay to the State Treasurer, the sum 
of ten cents on or before the 8th day of May 
for State dues. 

(4) Transmit to the National Registrar 
all approved applications for membership 
for final action of the Board, and notify her 
of the resignation or death of any member 
thereof. 

(5) Each (.^amp shall elect its officers and 
local Board of Management at the time of 
the year that falls upon the anniversary of 
the battle for which the Camp is named, 
but the delegates must be elected ten days 
before the 8th day of May. 

(6) Each Camp shall be entitled, upon 
payment of the cost thereof, to a certificate 
or charter duly certifying its name, location, 
date, officers, and organizing members, 
which shall be signed by the National Com- 
mandant and National Recording Secretary, 
attested by the seal of the National Organi- 
zation, and countersigned by the State Com- 
mandant. 

(7) Camps must be named for battles 
fought during the Mexican War, being par- 
ticular to observe the order of succession of 
said battles. Furthermore, each Camp must 
choose as sponser a soldier of the Mexican 
War, dead or alive, whose birthday must 
be observed with all honor and decorum. 



ARTICLE XIII. 

SEAL. 

The seal of the Organization shall be a 
disk, one and seven-eighths of an inch in 
diameter, charged with the figure of a Mexi- 
can soldier discharging a cannon, the wreath 
surrounded by the legend, "Palo Alto, May 
8, 1846," and the motto, "For Americans." 

ARTICLE XIV. 

INSIGNIA. 

The insignia shall consist of a badge in 
the form of a shield, made of bronze; a per- 
fect duplicate of those worn by Mexican War 
Veterans. Each member of the Organiza- 
tion shall be entitled to a certificate of mem- 
bership duly attested by the National Com- 
mandant, National Recording Secretary, 
National Registrar, and the seal of the Na- 
tional Organization. 

ARTICLE XV. 

STATIONERY. 

The stationery shall be pure white, with 
the American and Mexican flags commingled 
on the National stationery, and for State 
and local, the flag shall be combined with 
the American and Mexican. The insignia 

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shall be placed in the center at the top of 
the sheet upon the paper, and in the same 
position upon the envelope. 

ARTICLE XVI. 

GUESTS. 

Every veteran of the Mexican War shall 
be at all times a welcome visitor to either 
the local Camps or National Encampments. 
The wives and daughters of sons of Mexican 
veterans not eligible to membership, may be 
included in all social events of the Organiza- 
tion. 

ARTICLE XVII. 

AMENDMENTS. 

These By-Laws may be altered or amended 
by a vote of three-fourths of the members 
present at each meeting of the National 
Board of Management, written notice there- 
of having been given at the previous meet- 
ing. 



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